In late July, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the Cártel de los Soles, a Venezuela-based criminal network allegedly tied to President Nicolás Maduro, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization.
According to U.S. officials, Maduro and other senior members of his regime have facilitated drug trafficking operations into the United States and supported other criminal groups, including Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel.
